Witnesses say thief took MIG welder

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Sep 27, 2009 at 12:01 AMSep 27, 2009 at 6:00 AM

The Boone County Sheriff’s Department is searching for someone who stole construction equipment from outside a northwest Boone County home.

Deputies went to 11200 Route E at about 5 p.m. Friday after residents witnessed a 30- to 40-year-old white man take a MIG welder, according to a sheriff’s department news release. Residents watched the man enter a shop on their property and leave with the equipment, valued at $250.

The suspect had scraggly brown hair and wore sunglasses. He fled the area in a white Ford Explorer with damage to the right rear quarter panel.